UFC Tampa poster exhibits new principal occasion between Colby Covington and Joaquin Buckley

Colby Covington is again.

On Dec. 14, Covington makes his return to the cage after a virtually one 12 months absence when he steps in to combat Joaquin Buckley and on Friday the UFC launched the official combat poster for the occasion. Displaying each Covington and Buckley, this will likely be Covington’s tenth UFC combat poster, whereas that is solely the second of Buckley’s profession.

Covington is a former interim welterweight champion, having received the the title in 2018 earlier than being stripped just a few months later. Most not too long ago Covington misplaced a unanimous choice to Leon Edwards final December at UFC 296 in his third bid for the undisputed title. Covington was not initially scheduled to compete at this occasion however stepped in on brief discover after Buckley’s authentic opponent, Ian Machado Garry, was moved to UFC 310 to face Shavkat Rakhmonov.

Spending most of his UFC profession at middleweight, Buckley dropped again all the way down to 170 kilos final 12 months. The transfer appears to be a superb one as “New Mansa” has received 5 in a row, together with most not too long ago knocking out Stephen Thompson at UFC 307 in October. Now the No. 9-ranked welterweight within the UFC rankings, Buckley is on the verge of a title shot with a win over Covington.

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Colby Covington vs. Joaquin Buckley

Amanda Ribas vs. Mackenzie Dern

Cub Swanson vs. Billy Quarantillo

Drakkar Klose vs. Joel Alvarez

Michael Johnson vs. Ottman Azaitar

Miranda Maverick vs. Jamey-Lyn Horth

Dustin Jacoby vs. Vitor Petrino

Piera Rodriguez vs. Josefine Knutsson

Navajo Stirling vs. Tuco Tokkos

Davey Grant vs. Ramon Taveras

Manel Kape vs. Bruno Silva

Sean Woodson vs. Fernando Padilla

Daniel Marcos vs. Adrian Yanez

Miles Johns vs. Felipe Lima